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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Well, I gave Trek its time in the sun, so it's only fair to showcase some Star Wars goodness now. Besides, since I shared in the heady experience of a group heatstroke with approximately three million SW fans yesterday, I'm definitely in a "Wars" mindset.

The challenge, of course, was finding SW Sweets that my friend Mike over at Great White Snarkhasn't featured yet. Seriously, Mike, how's about you leave some goodies for the rest of us cake-loving geeks to post, eh? Sheesh. It's a good thing Star Wars fans reeaally enjoy their cake.

Ok, let's start with the "official" stuff. Jim found these two on StarWars.com, and both were made by the "Ace of Star Wars Cakes" himself, Duff Goldman. (That link leads to a great article on Duff, btw, for you Ace of Cakes fans.)

Hard to believe it's not a large model, huh? And check out this next one:

Just look at that detail! Jyl reports that everything here is edible, too. Nice!

Rose B. found a Star Wars wedding cake:

And get this, icing purists: that AT-AT is almost entirely fondant-free! Amazing. Here's another cool shot:

Yep, those are the bride and groom figurines - and they dressed to match! The cake was made by the bride's friend Teresa, and the cutie-patootie Ewok cupcakes by her friend Amanda. You can see all the fun wedding pics here.

Here's Brooks G.'s amazing R2D2 groom's cake, which he was kind enough to share with me this week:

Artoo was made by the 1886 Cafe & Bakery in Austin, TX, who were furnished with painstakingly detailed diagrams, photographs, and plans by the bride, Kristina. Yes, the bride. (Alright, Kristina! Way to represent for us geek gals!) Oh, and speaking of which, here's Kristina with the cake:

After all the guests were through taking pictures with Artoo (in increasingly risque poses, I hear) the couple cut the cake - while playing the "waaaHHHH!" noise that R2d2 makes when he gets shot in the head with a blaster. Heh. Morbid, but funny. I bet the guests loved it.

Not only is Dy a vegan baker, she also won the Star Wars Insider Best Wedding Cake of 2008 with this gorgeous Star Destroyer. It was made for a couple who belong to the 501st, an "imperial costuming organization."

See?

The cake's obviously been cut here, but check out all the tiny details:

Looks like it was a well-deserved win, Dy! Great job.

If you want to see more great Star Wars cakes (and I mean LOTS more) head over to Great White Snark for his Geeky Cake of the Week feature. And as always, if you have an amazing cake to nominate for SS, send it to me at Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com. (I also take requests, so if you have an idea for a theme, let me know.)

I like the one that's almost fondant free. Seriously isn't covering the entire thing in fondant cheating? Never tasted a cake that's had it on it but it sounds like it would not taste as yummy as just cake with buttercream

You just made my son very happy, heh. Of course, now he wants me to make him a Death Star cake for his next bday, but if I can do a Millenium Falcon, a lil' ol' Death Star is no biggy. :-P And yes, it will be buttercream FTW.

You know, I have never had a fondant covered cake! I wonder why that is? Maybe they're not that big here in Pittsburgh? hmmm...I wonder if it's because Pittsburghers only like their icing to be one of two varieties...either buttercream, or a penalty called agains the Redwings. GO PENS!

I`ve made many a cake that I really didn`t feel like making or found totally annoying to make but its my job....and people come up with some strange requests.My favorite silly stupid cake was the toilet cake I made for Robert Irvine.while making it I had to leave it in the deep freezer at different stages with a a sing on it "Please Don`t Touch The Potty"

The AT-AT cake and Ewok cupcakes were insanely delish! The cake was served with a squirt of a chocolate hazelnut ganache cream. It was the best wedding EVER! I should know, I officiated dressed as Yoda ;) Happy Anniversary to Ackbar and Mon Mothma!

Those are the desserts and sweets made on the theme of Star Wars. I think me and my hubby should have a bite of this before we got married. That could have signified how we started our war for this star life.

Brigette Holy Sith! Those are flipping awesome!!!!!I am quite the Star Wars Geek (notice the capitalization of Geek) and I've been reading your website practically nonstop for four days. When I saw the signs of geekiness, and your proud declarations I KNEW there had to be Star Wars cakes around here somewhere. I'm so pleased I found them! I swear I had a nerdgasm looking at these! Some of them could do with a little fondant modeling, but the fact that they look so good without much of it is AMAZING! The AT-AT is the best one! The Force is surely with these bakers (and the brides and grooms that ordered these babies!)

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